Senior Metallurgist

Responsibilities

• Monitor and evaluate plant performance through analysis of key metallurgical and operational KPIs, including recovery, throughput, leach performance, reagent consumption, and plant availability.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and implement practical solutions to maximize gold recovery and operational efficiency.
• Conduct metallurgical balancing, performance modeling, and data analysis to support operational decision-making.
• Evaluate relationships between ore characteristics, recovery performance, and processing outcomes to improve mine-to-process integration.
• Develop and maintain process control strategies that enhance plant stability and performance.
• Prepare technical reports, operating summaries, recovery analyses, and performance recommendations.
• Provide technical metallurgical support to Operations and Maintenance teams to ensure safe and efficient processing activities.
• Lead investigations into process upsets, production losses, recovery variances, and equipment performance issues.
• Support operational readiness, commissioning, and ramp-up activities as required.
• Maintain accurate metallurgical accounting and reconciliation systems to support production reporting and metal tracking.
• Review sampling, assaying, and laboratory practices to ensure accuracy, precision, and data integrity.
• Support implementation and maintenance of laboratory QA/QC programs and best practices.
• Lead metallurgical test work programs and evaluate process optimization opportunities through laboratory and field investigations.
• Assess new technologies, reagents, operating strategies, and process improvements to enhance operational performance.
• Provide technical guidance to laboratory personnel, plant operators, and technical staff to support operational excellence and professional development.
• Lead investigations into process upsets, production losses, recovery variances, and equipment performance issues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineering, chemical engineering, or similar field required.
• A minimum of 7 years of experience in heap leach operations, cyanide-based recovery systems, and gold and silver recovery circuits required.
• Assay and metallurgical laboratory management experience preferred.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. for any employer.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license.